hyperledger/fabric · error
endorsement failure during invoke. response: %v
Error message
endorsement failure during invoke. response: %v
What it means
During an invoke, after unmarshalling the proposal response payload and chaincode action, the code requires an Endorsement. A nil Endorsement means the endorser returned a response without a valid endorsement signature, so the invoke failed.
Source
Thrown at internal/peer/chaincode/common.go:121
cf.DeliverClients,
cf.BroadcastClient,
)
if err != nil {
return errors.Errorf("%s - proposal response: %v", err, proposalResp)
}
if invoke {
logger.Debugf("ESCC invoke result: %v", proposalResp)
pRespPayload, err := protoutil.UnmarshalProposalResponsePayload(proposalResp.Payload)
if err != nil {
return errors.WithMessage(err, "error while unmarshalling proposal response payload")
}
ca, err := protoutil.UnmarshalChaincodeAction(pRespPayload.Extension)
if err != nil {
return errors.WithMessage(err, "error while unmarshalling chaincode action")
}
if proposalResp.Endorsement == nil {
return errors.Errorf("endorsement failure during invoke. response: %v", proposalResp.Response)
}
logger.Infof("Chaincode invoke successful. result: %v", ca.Response)
} else {
if proposalResp == nil {
return errors.New("error during query: received nil proposal response")
}
if proposalResp.Endorsement == nil {
return errors.Errorf("endorsement failure during query. response: %v", proposalResp.Response)
}
if chaincodeQueryRaw && chaincodeQueryHex {
return fmt.Errorf("options --raw (-r) and --hex (-x) are not compatible")
}
if chaincodeQueryRaw {
fmt.Println(proposalResp.Response.Payload)
return nil
}
if chaincodeQueryHex {View on GitHub (pinned to 2736b63f8f)
Solutions
- Inspect proposalResp.Response message printed in the error — it contains the chaincode error
- Check the chaincode container logs on the target peer (docker logs / kubectl logs)
- Ensure required endorsing peers are specified with --peerAddresses and reachable
- Fix the chaincode logic causing the bad status (e.g. wrong key, invalid state)
Defensive patterns
Strategy: try-catch
Validate before calling
// Ensure chaincode is committed and running on the peer peer lifecycle chaincode querycommitted -C mychannel peer lifecycle chaincode queryinstalled
Try / catch
resp, err := invoke(...)
if err != nil && strings.Contains(err.Error(), "endorsement failure during invoke") {
log.Errorf("chaincode rejected invoke: inspect response message and chaincode logs: %v", err)
} Prevention
- Inspect the chaincode Response.Message printed with the error
- Validate chaincode inputs in the chaincode itself and return descriptive errors
- Keep chaincode containers healthy (docker ps / resource limits)
- Include all policy-required endorsing peers in the invoke
When it happens
Trigger: peer chaincode invoke where proposalResp.Endorsement == nil — the endorser processed the proposal but did not (or could not) endorse, e.g. chaincode returned an error status or the ESCC endorsement step failed.
Common situations: Chaincode execution errors (simulate failure), chaincode container not running/starting, endorsement policy unmet on the queried peer, mvcc/read-conflict-like simulate errors.
Related errors
- %s - proposal response: %v
- implicit policy evaluation failed - %d sub-policies were sat
- only applicable for private data
- unknown operation type
- error reading chaincode install package at %s
AI-assisted analysis of hyperledger/fabric@2736b63f8f (2026-09-04).
Data as JSON: /api/errors/9d4be0bcd352cca1.
Report an issue: GitHub.